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La Feria de las Flores Medellin has several festivals throughout the year, but the cult of the flower that historically prdeesan Antioquians it determines the most important is the Feria de las Flores. Ten days of festivities and music festival that culminates this fall on August 8. Here are the Classic Car Parade, the Kingdom of Flowers International, the Cavalcade, floral exhibits, the tables and, above all, the parade Silleteros. What is floral at all, is part of everyday life and adorns streets, houses, plazas, public and private spaces. So the Parade Silleteros holds a special place within the festivities as it wrapped in the essence of the soul paisa. "When one goes silletero, Antioquia is the passing," said the countries. The silleteros have their origin at the time of the conquest, when the muleteers silletas used to transport products for both individuals and the mountainsides. In the 50s there was the custom of the peasants in the villages of Santa Elena to sell flowers down in Medellin silletas; to reach the city fit into the atria of churches and waited for the right hand exit for Mass merchandise . Today, silleteros make a show full of color to build beautiful landscapes with floral product of their work. Aman land with pride and show what she gives them